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Tag Archives: Happiness
Autumn Sunrise
On a misty morning With the kids in the car Turning left The surprise of a huge sun Low in the sky A silver gold blob Just too bright to stare at Not too bright to blind Heralds An emergent … Continue reading
Of Angels
Smarting from the accusation I seldom read the source, I’m wading through Aquinas at present. Corblimey he’s obsessed with some things well beyond my interest. But that’s because I’m reading him for his ethics, and he’s writing a science book … Continue reading
Posted in Aristotle, Death, Ethics, Life
Tagged Angels, Aquinas, Aristotle, Character, Contemplation, Csikszentmihalyi, Happiness, Personality, Virtue
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Poetry in Motion
A few weeks ago, newly enamoured of poetry, I wrote a short ditty to capture what I think increasingly drives my life. It came out quite easily so I guessed it might be quite close. But then I forgot about … Continue reading
Posted in Aristotle, Life, Poetry
Tagged Aquinas, Aristotle, Csikszentmihalyi, Eudaimonia, Family, Friends, Happiness, Homer, John Kay, Knowledge & Ideas, Life, Love, McCabe, Montaigne, Nietzsche, Poetry, Sceptics, Simon Armitage, Socrates, Stoic, Stoics
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Queen
Chugging slowly with a car full around a clogged South Circular last Sunday, I was simultaneously cheered and touched by my other half. As as the peerless Freddie Mercury sang… I’ve been with you such a long time You’re my … Continue reading
Posted in Life
Tagged Freddie Mercury, Happiness, Lyrics, Queen, Smile, Songs, You're my best friend
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The Good Life
I used to be a strict Act Utilitarian – the moral act is the one that produces the most overall happiness or least harm. The undergraduate philosophy case studies all seemed clear cut to me. Knowing what we know now, … Continue reading
Posted in Aristotle, Ethics, Life, Psychology
Tagged Arete, Aristotle, Bayesian Brain, Bentham, Csikszentmihalyi, Ethics, Eudaimonia, Happiness, Mill, Moral Philosophy, Telos, The Harp Player, Utilitarianism, Virtue, William Blake
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Kisses
As my other half left the house for work one morning this week, my daughter was a bit sad. My daughter and son were perched with me on the back of the sofa. My partner waved to us through the … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Truisms
Tagged Children, Contentment, Eudaimonia, Happiness, Joy, Kisses, Parenthood
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Courage
I’ve been working in the USA this week – same language, quite different working cultures. Still Brits talking to Americans is easy enough. But add Germans, South Africans, Sudanese, Cameroonians, Central African Republicans, French, Colombians, Turks, Japanese and Koreans – … Continue reading
Posted in Aristotle, Ethics, Life, Work
Tagged Arete, Aristotle, Blue Energy, Confidence, Courage, Enjoyment, Excellence, Fear, Fear of Failure, Happiness, Headache, Mastery, Performance, Red Energy, Stress, The Golden Mean, Travel, We are what we do, Worry
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Smiling
Against the grain today I put on a smiling face. In so doing I added measurably to the sum of human happiness. So simple, yet sometimes so hard. Why don’t we all do it more? I can’t take all the … Continue reading
Indignity
Life is full of indignities, small and large. I, like most people, am easily persuaded that life’s indignities have been targeted at me by some malign intent. Human beings are programmed to look for causation. It’s a key survival skill. … Continue reading
Posted in Aristotle, Ethics, Life
Tagged Aristotle, Bayesian Brain, Death, Epictetus, Eudaimonia, Friends, Happiness, Indignity, Religion
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The Harp Player
In pursuit of the good life, Aristotle has sent me in a couple of very important directions recently. First the harp. He says that the work of the harp player is to play the harp, and of the good harp … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Life
Tagged Aristotle, Contemplation, Contentment, Eudaimonia, Fatherhood, Friendship, Fulfillment, Happiness, Jefferson, Pleasure, The Harp, Thinking, Virtue, Work
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